Container for music rolls and the like



Apg. 11, 1925. 1,548,977

C. S. BURTON CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE im il Mmmm- WITNESSES.-

n" dgl/UWM Patented Aug. 11, 1925.D

CHARLES S. BURTON, OF OAK IEARK, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS LND 'TI-IE LIKE.

Application filed January 21, 1921, Serial, Ny 438,885v

ings, forming a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved container for such articles as Inu-sic rolls and the like which may be inserted endwise longitudinally into a container of tubular character and retained by an end closure, the specific purpose of the invention being to provide a suitable, effective and conveniently operated releasable catch for holding the closure in position to retain the contents, subject to release and withdrawal of the closure for the removal of the contents, and further specifically adapted to initially expel the contents far enou-gh to permit engagement by the hand of the operator for further withdrawal. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described, as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a. longitudinal vertical section of a container embodying this invention, the music roll being indicated therein.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the structure shown in Figure l with the closure withdrawn for withdrawing the contents.

Figure 3 is a detail section at the line, 3-3, on Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a horizont-al section at the line, 4 4, on Figure l, the check strap being` broken away to disclose the parts underneath.

In the structure shown in the drawings, l is a tubular container having one end closed and the other end open. 2 is a telescoping closure for the open end of the container, l. This closure is open-topped and has the sides 2b extended inwardly beyond the bottom shown at 2, and cut away obliquely at the upper edge for the purpose of permitting the closure to tilt to open position and be checked at that position shown at Figure 2. This feature of construction is not a part of the present invention., being shownin my co-pending appli- Renewed October 27, 1924.

cation No. 847,404, filed December 26, 1919;

3 is a check strap for limiting thel withdrawal of the closure at the point at which 1t may tilt over the forward end of the` bottom side lL of the container as shown in Figure 2, to permit the withdrawal of the contents. 'lhis check is a strap put through a slit, l, at the bottom side of the container, the end being glued down onto the outer face of the said bottom, covering and concealing an aperture, lb, in said bottom which serves as a meansof engaging the catch as hereinafter explained. The forward end of the check strap, 3, is engaged through a slit at 2C in the bottom of the closure and folded rearward andv glued down upon the bottom side of the closure, said strap passing over and serving to mask the catch device as hereinafter explained.

The catch for engaging with the container at closed position is a strip of flat spring metal, 4, which is lodged upon the bottom of the closure?, and for positioning it denitely has the forward end up-bent at 4a to stop aga-inst the inner side of the forward end 2c of the closure, the rear end being bont down at 4b to constitute the catch nose which engages the slot, lb, above mentioned, in the bottom of the container, positioned at such distance back from the forward open end of the container that the catch nose will reach said slot when the closure is at closed position as seenin Figure l. The form of the catch and its dimensions are such that, normally, being lodged las described upon the bottom of the closure and with the up-bent end stopped against the forward end of the closure, the catch nose projects downward sufficiently for engaging the slot, lb, as seen in Figure l. For disengagin'g it a pull, 5, isprovided which is connected to the catch at the upper side thereof, extending thence forward and emerging through the forward end of the closure, and there provided with a. iiexibly connected lug, 6, which may be engaged by the operator as shown by the dotted line representation of' the thumb and finger of a hand engaging it in Figure l, for pulling forwardly. Said forward pull tends topull upward the rear end of the catch and lift the catch nose out of the slot, lb, the catch being in that operation flexed to a posi-.tion shown in dotted line in FippireV l, and tending to react. resiliently to its original position for re-engaging the slot. The pull, 5, preferably consists of a wire member folded to form two arms, 5, 5, extending from a short middle neclr portion, 5", and having the rear ends of said arms bent at right angles to terminate projecting toward each other for pivotal engagement with the catch, t. For such pivotal engagement the catch, 4, is folded at a short distance rearward from the catch nose as seen at a, the fold forming an eye, ltd, for engagement of the pivot ends, 5, of the pull, 5; and said upbend, fle, constitutes an upraise in the catch which operates as a lever arm of the catch to cause the direct forward stress of the pull, 5, to lift the catch nose, as would not reliably happen if said pull, :3, were connected `so as to cause the stress to operate directly in the plane of Vthe catch at its lodgment on the bottom of the closure. To further facilitate this lever action, the einergence of the pull 5, through the 'op-bei end, Ll, of the catch and through the forward end of the closure is accommodated by apertures, 4e, in said up-bent end at a distance above the angle or bend, substantially as great as the height of said urp-raise, 4C, and the slot 2d in the end, 2, of the closure at a position registering with said apertures. rThe lug, 6, pivotally engaged with the neclt, 5b, between the two arms, 5, of the pull is formed of any suitable material adapted to be folded to engage said neel; after the latter has been thrust through the aperture, 2l, and said lug` being of dimensions greater than said aperture serves as a lock for retaining the pull, and thereby retaining the catch, in operative position in and with respect to the closure, 2, and dispensing with any other means of attaching said catch and pull to the closure; for it will be readily understood that the dimensions of the pull from its pivotal connection with the catch to the neel: are such with respect to the corresponding dimensions of the catch that when the latter is at normal position unieXed, its stift'- ness is such that it holds the neck and the lugs thereon quite snugly or closely up against the outer face of the forward end of the closure, as seen in Figure l, thereby holding said end engaged and slightly clamped between said lugs and the up-bent end, It, of the catch; so that the resilient reaction of the catch tends to position it by means of its up-bent end or foot 4, seatingsquarely against the inner face of the for- Ward end, i, of the closure. A s indicated, the line of stress of the pull is directly from the apertures, 4e, in the up-bent end of the catch to the pivot eye, but in order to avoid intruding upon the space which should be occupied by the contents of the container as for example the music roll, A, or its head, A1, both the arms, 5a, 5, of the pull are bent at 5f, and 5g, at short distance from the pivot end and from the up-bend, 4, of the catch respectively, to cause the portion of said arms between said bends to extend close to the bottom of the closure Where they do not interfere with the head of the roll to any material extent. lt will be understood that the wire of which the pulley is composed is suliiciently stiftl so that these bends will not interfere with the direction of the stress incurred by the pull upon the catch at the eye at the upper end of the lever upraise, 4.

A specific purpose of this invention being to provide a container for music rolls of such character that when said containers are accumulated in a pile as is a common method of arranging them in use, or on the shelves of the seller as merchandise, the roll mav be withdrawn from the container without ren'ioving the container from the pile if so desired; or when it is desired, the container may be withdrawn bodily from the pile without opening it or for withdrawing the roll therefrom; and the catch described is especially designed with a view to serving this purpose. lVhen the roll is to be withdrawn from the eontai ner without withdrawing the container from the pile, the operator will tairehold of the lug, 6, between thumb and finger with the thumb pressing against the forward end of the closure as indicated `gure l, and thereby the catch will be rawn as shown in dotted lines `in Figwi'thout any forward pull being eX- vied upon the container as a whole, and while holding the catch thus withdrawn by means of the thumb and finger as indicated, the operator will withdraw the enclosure for removing the roll. lllhen it is desired to withdraw the container bodily from the pile, the operator will seize the lugs between thumb and finger as shown in Figure 3 withont pressing the thumb against the end of the closure; by direct pull in the direction of the arrow on Figure 3, the bor; will be withdrawn bodily from the pile, because in that action the catch is not lifted but is pulled, against the resistance caused by the friction of the container in the pile, to the forward side of the slot, lb, as seen in F igure 8, and engages with said forward end so as to pull the bonY bodily. as stated.

lt is important in a device of this kind and for this purpose that the withdrawal of the closure should not only expose the roll but should withdraw it far enough so that it may be easily taken hold of tor completing its removal. The up-raise, 4, which constitutes the lever arm of the catch, serves the purpose of engaging the head of the roll, as shown in Figure 2, a short distance, in the withdrawal of the closure as shown in that figure. ln order to malte this up-raise effective for that purpose, it is positioned at a distance forward from the catch nose,

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though for the mere purpose of a lever arm it is not required to be at such forward position.

I claim :h

1. A container for the purpose indicated comprising a tubular outer member having` an open end; an open-top closure for said end adapted to slide telescopically into the container; a spring catch mounted within the closure extending along the bottom thereof from the outer end to a point near the inner end held to the closure at the forward end, having a catch nose at the inner end and free to be sprung up from the bottom of the closure at said inner end, the lower side of the container having means for engagement of said catch nose at the iii-thrust position of the closure, and a pull engaged with the upper side of th-e catch toward the inner end thereof, said pull extending back along' the catch above the same to and out through the forward end of the closure for manual operation to disengage the catch nose by springing its inner end upward by stress exerted longitudinally of the catch,

2. In the construction defined in claim i, the catch having an up-raise for attachment of the pull for affording leverage to lift the catch nose by longitudinal stress on the catch.

3. In the construction defined in claim I, the catch being formed with a right angular up-bent forward end for stopping against the forward end of the closure, and the pull being extended through said upbent end for obtaining bearing and guidance therein.

4L. In the construction defined in claim l, the pull having a flexibly connected lug at t-he end outside the closure, said lug exceeding the dimension of the aperture in said end through which the pull emerges; whereby the lug serves as a locking means for holding the catch to the closure.

5. In the construction defined in claim l, the catch having an up-bent forward end which stops the catch against the forward end of the closure, said up-bent end being apertured for emergence of the pull through it, the pull having at the outer end a iiexibly connected lug whose dimensions exceed the dimensions of the aperture in the closure end and the aperture in the up-bent end of the catch through which the pull emerges, whereby the lug serves as the locking device for holding the catch to the closure, the length of the pull being related tothe length of the catch from the forward engagement of the pull therewith to the up-bentY end so that the lug is held against the outer face of the closure end, subject to withdrawal by up-tilting the catch at the free end for disengagement of the catch nose.

6. In the construction defined in claim l, a check strap to limit the withdrawal of the closure attached to the container bottom rearwardly beyond the catch engaging means, and extending thence over the catch and at the forward end attached to the closure bottom at opposite sides of the catch; whereby said check strap masks the catch to prevent its enga-gement with the container contents in their insertion and withdrawal.

7. In the construction defined in claim l. the catch having an up-raise at a distance forward from the catch nose for engaging the container contents and initially withdrawing the same in the opening movement of the closure.

8. In the construction defined in claim 1, the catch having an up-raise for attachment of the pull affording leverage to lift the catch nose by longitudinal stress, said upraise being' at a distance forward from the catch nose to adapt it for engaging the container contents to withdraw the same in the opening movement of the closure.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 7th day of August, 1920.

CHARLES S. BURTON. 

